The Dickinson press., 1887-07-16

nv minneapolis new ulrCclOfN
gives IL population of l15.oUu. an in.
crease of lu."m over last year.
Edward Richmond. Il freight CON.
durtor ON the Northern Pacific rail-
road. fell between the cars while
walking on top of his train and was
instantly killed II Detroit. Mimi.
y widow m;tnrl Larson. living sew
ell miles east of .Nltkin. Mimi, was
outraged by john short. Short WAS
arrested and confessed. He is said
to be the man WHO shot Mel .aughlin
in Hcncpin county three years ago.
The Beaver Lake Lumber COM
pany's mill at Cumberland. Wis.
broke down the Vth inst. and will he
delayed two weeks. From 100 to 200
men are thrown out of employment
during the delay.
The bolt that has been for weeks
hanging ovcr the head of DR.. Me
Glymn has fallen. He has been cN.
be to the church of Rome as though
he had never lived.
Three mcu went to the house of
k%"niyotubba. an old thortaw. at Eu-
faula. Indian territory. and after kill.
ing the old man robbed the fulnily of
several hundred dollars. Three wears
ago the old man was robbed of $4,000.
DIR. l.. ii. Garrard, formerly IL resi-.
dent of Frontcnac. Mimi. and IL
prominent citizen of Minnesota. died
on Thursday at Lakewood. y. Y.
DR.. Garrard was tifty-ci=ht years of
age. He settled at F%'rontcnac in 1858.
The Land and Flour Gold Mining
company has been formed ut Rock
Elm. Wis. with Il capital stock of
S45o.oQo. The company owns sixteen
forty-acrc tracts of land extending
along Plum creek for three miles, Oh
all of which gold has been found.
Hundreds of mining mel locked to
see the gold specimens ut the First
National bank and Lake superior
office at Ishpeminy, Mich. The as
SAYS made show that the rock is rich
cr in gold than anything ever yet
found. Everybody talks gold and the
excitement in that part of the state
is tremendous.
n sensation was caused ut Ell PaSo,
Texas. by sheriff james III. White
publicly Gaming l.. II. Fox. IL promin.
cnt stonemaSon. The Gaming WAS the
sllcriifs reply to Il challenge which
Fox sent him TO fight IL duel i'm Mcxi.
co. The sheriff WAS highly indig-
nant at Fox for having. as he charged
used him in an attempt to defraud
Sn1nn ,Ni,,n,.- ~, =, -,,;. - 1.-,
\ burglar broke into three stores
i'll the village OF Fairmont. Mimi,
with the evident intent of taking
money. In this he did not succeed
very we'll. only getting the change
left i'll the money drawers. amount
ing in all to about 50. lie helped
himself to Il box or two of cigars and
q few other little things and took his
departure.
The latest news from Stanley. the
African explorer, is on his journey
from Lcopoldvillc to Lonkolea. He
encountered and had to overcome
serious obstacles. One of the great
est difficulties WAS to replenisll his
commiSsaly. The threatened scare
ltN OF provisions greatly excited his
men and it became necessary to pun.
ish the malcontcnts with much sc.
verify to reduce them to subsection
and save the expedition. Stanley
himself Was i'll from the excessive
heat. The expedition left Calbo OH
the llth of May. 1t was expected to
reach the Congo at it's confluence
with the .Aronheim by the 9th of
June. Stanley's programme was to
encamp at this point and await the
arrival of Tippoo Tip. who was al,.
preaching from Stanley's Falls with
provisions and several hundred more
men.